1.Formative assessment, also known as assessment for learning, is a method of assessing pupils while learning is happening.
2.It refers to a wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, or course
3.Formative assessments help teachers identify concepts that students are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved so that adjustments can be made to lessons, instructional techniques, and academic support.
Refocus students on the learning process and its intrinsic value, rather than on grades or extrinsic rewards.
Encourage students to build on their strengths rather than fixate or dwell on their deficits. (For a related discussion, see growth mindset.)
Help students become more aware of their learning needs, strengths, and interests so they can take greater responsibility over their own educational growth. For example,students may learn how to self-assess their own progress and self-regulate their behaviors.
Give students more detailed, precise, and useful information. Because grades and test scores only provide a general impression of academic achievement, usually at the completion of an instructional period,formative feedback can help to clarify and calibrate learning expectations for both students and parents. Students gain a clearer understanding of what is expected of them, and parents have more detailed information they can use to more effectively support their child’s education.
Raise or accelerate the educational achievement of all students, while also reducing learning gaps and achievement gaps.